The Funeral (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781554989089)

A New York Times / New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book
New York Public Library Best Books for Kids
Ezra Jack Keats Award Honor Winner

Norma and her parents are going to her great-uncle Frank's funeral, and Norma is more excited than sad. She is looking forward to playing with her favorite cousin, Ray, but when she arrives at the church, she is confronted with rituals and ideas that have never occurred to her before. While not all questions can be answered, when the day is over Norma is certain of one thing -- Uncle Frank would have enjoyed his funeral.

This sensitive and life-affirming story will lead young readers to ask their own questions about life, death and how we remember those who have gone before us.

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Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.1
With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.7
With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.3
Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.7
Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting)

Author: Matt James
ISBN-10: 1554989086
ISBN-13: 9781554989089
Publisher: Groundwood Books
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2018
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 12.20h x 9.10w x 0.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.6
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 510118 / Funeral

Award: Ezra Jack Keats Book Award - Honor Book

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 02/01/2018 pg. 60
School Library Journal 02/01/2018 pg. 60
Publishers Weekly 02/12/2018
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2018 pg. 113
Shelf Awareness 04/17/2018
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2018 - Book Of Special Distinction
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Recommended, Satisfactory